Blizzard is once again bringing down the ban hammer on StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty players. This time round there has been no announcement as to how many players received either a temporary or permanent account ban.

The suspensions have been issued due to cheating and use of hacking tools as Blizzard explains:

We recently issued a new round of account suspensions and bans to StarCraft II players who were in violation of the Battle.net Terms of Use for cheating and/or using hack programs while playing. In addition to undermining the spirit of fair competition that’s essential to play on Battle.net, cheating and hacking can lead to stability and performance issues with the service.

The news has been met with praise from players in the comments on the post. While some players are choosing to delay playing the game until “99% of the hackers are gone”, others thank Blizzard for being so diligent and removing players who are ruining the game by cheating.

One area of controversy with regards to SC2 bans is that Blizzard also monitors single-player games. If you cheat while playing on your own, you may still receive an account suspension if that cheat is detected.